Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 1997, 3:44 PM EST for Flagler County, Florida. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 1997, 3:44 PM EST (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 1997, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Flagler County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 4:05 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | St Johns Park, FL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 21, 2:46 PM EST, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 2:46 PM EST, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 245 PM EST FRI MAR 21 1997 LATEST ADAP STREAMLINE ANALYSIS SHOWING SFC LOW NEAR GNV. TSMS FIRING UP AROUND EAST QUAD OF LOW WITH STRONGEST ACVTY NEAR JAX AND IN OFFSHORE WATERS. ACTVY BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO SE GA. SATELLITE SHOWING UPPER LOW IN GULF WNW OF TPA MVG EAST. CONVECTION BEGINNING TO POP UP AROUND UPPER LOW AND MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS EVE WILL BE TSMS DEVELOPING IN CNTL FL AND MOVG NE ACROSS SE PART OF CWA THIS EVE. WITH COLDER AND DRIER AIR ALOFT MVG IN A FEW OF THE STMS MAY BE SEVERE ESP SE PART OF CWA S OF LINE FROM GNV TO SGJ. WITH MODELS MVG UPPER LOW TO CNTL FL AT 00Z AND SFC LO OFF NE FL COAST (AVN MODEL) WILL KEEP CHC POPS IN FIRST PERIOD JAX AND SSI. DRIER AIR MVG IN WITH CLEARING SKIES BY EARLY SAT. PRELIM SSI BB 058/080 049/065 048 08300 JAX BB 058/080 049/067 049 08300 GNV BB 058/081 050/068 049 08200 PETERSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 10:40 AM EST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-501-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166- 501-501-212345- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK UPDATE FOR NORTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1040 AM EST FRI MAR 21 1997 ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTH FLORIDA...SEVERE WEATHER UNLIKELY IN GEORGIA... THE DEVELOPING LOW PRESSSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY IN THE GULF OFF THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA WILL MOVE INTO THE SUWANNEE VALLEY PORTION OF NORTH FLORIDA AND BRING A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AS IT MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES THE COAST...CLEARING SKIES WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASED SOLAR HEATING AND DESTABILIZATION. WHEN COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL COLD POOL MOVING OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AS WELL AS INCREASED SOUTHERLY WINDS AS THE LOW APPROACHES...THIS WILL GENERATE A SHORT LIVED THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON WITH MAXIMUM THREAT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO ST. AUGUSTINE AFTER 2 PM. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL DUE TO THE COLD POOL ALOFT...TORNADO GENERATION IS POSSIBLE PRIMARILY IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA AS THE ATLANTIC SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS INTERACT WITH ANY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THAT PENETRATE THAT FAR INLAND. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. WELSH
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 11:01 AM EST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 3:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 56 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.